Pattern 2: The Provincial Map — East to West, Then North

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Picture Canada on your screen tonight
From the Atlantic to Pacific light
Five thousand series tells the story clear
Individual returns, let me make it crystal here
Start in Newfoundland, that's five-oh-oh-one
Prince Edward Island, oh-two when you're done
Nova Scotia's oh-three, New Brunswick oh-four
Quebec's oh-five, now we're heading for more

[Chorus]
East to west, then flying north
That's the pattern, back and forth
From the ocean to the mountains high
Then we take it to the sky
Five thousand series, three to five hundred range
Same geography, just the numbers change
East to west, then north we go
That's the CRA pattern flow

[Verse 2]
Ontario's oh-six, Manitoba oh-seven
Saskatchewan's oh-eight, feels like tax return heaven
Alberta's oh-nine, British Columbia's ten
Yukon Territory's eleven, and we're flying again
Northwest Territories twelve, Nunavut's fourteen
Non-residents thirteen, they're outside the scene
Like a road trip across this land so wide
With the postal codes as our trusty guide

[Chorus]
East to west, then flying north
That's the pattern, back and forth
From the ocean to the mountains high
Then we take it to the sky
Five thousand series, three to five hundred range
Same geography, just the numbers change
East to west, then north we go
That's the CRA pattern flow

[Bridge]
Now corporate tax schedules play the same game
T2 schedules, but the pattern's the same
Three hundred for Newfoundland, starting the run
Three-twenty for PEI, the pattern's begun
Three-forty Nova Scotia, three-sixty New Brunswick
Four hundred Saskatchewan, the numbers are slick
Four-twenty BC and Yukon combined
Four-sixty to four-ninety, northern territories you'll find

[Verse 3]
But wait there's a twist in this geographic song
Ontario breaks pattern, but it's not wrong
Five hundred to five-seventy-two, they get the most space
Most provincial credits, that's why they change place
From St. John's to Vancouver, that's the drive
Then fly to the territories, keeping the pattern alive
Non-residents sitting outside the map
That's the provincial pattern, now give yourself a clap

[Chorus]
East to west, then flying north
That's the pattern, back and forth
From the ocean to the mountains high
Then we take it to the sky
Five thousand series, three to five hundred range
Same geography, just the numbers change
East to west, then north we go
That's the CRA pattern flow

[Outro]
Drive to Vancouver, then fly up high
Non-residents outside, waving goodbye
Pattern two mastered, now you understand
The provincial map across this great land

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